The greatest Korean Olympic hero of all time is Yuna Kim
The most touching moment at the 2024 Paris Olympics was when ‘Badminton Queen’ Ahn Se-young (Samsung Life) won the gold medal in the women’s singles. ‘Figure skating queen’ Kim Yu-na was selected as the greatest Korean Olympic hero of all time, both in the Summer and Winter Olympics.
According to the results of an online survey conducted by Gallup Korea from August 19 to 23 by Star News, an online sports and entertainment media outlet, and commissioned by Gallup Korea, targeting 1,052 men and women aged 19 to 69 nationwide, 22% of respondents (total of 1st and 2nd place winners) chose the badminton women’s singles final as the most impressive Korean match at the Paris Olympics.
An Se-young won the gold medal in the women’s singles final of the badminton competition held at the Porte de la Chapelle in Paris, France on August 5 (Korean time), defeating He Bingzhao (China) 2-0 (21-13 21-16). It has been 28 years since Bang Soo-hyun won the gold medal in the women’s singles at the 1996 Atlanta Games.
Following this, the final in which Im Si-hyeon (Korea National Sport University), Nam Su-hyeon (Suncheon City Hall), and Jeon Hun-yeong (Incheon City Hall) achieved a record of 10 consecutive wins in the women’s team archery event came in second with 17%, and the final in which Kim Woo-jin (Cheongju City Hall), a triple crown winner, won the men’s individual archery event came in third with 16%.
The bronze medal match in the mixed team event in judo, where An Baul (Namyangju City Hall) defeated Germany in overtime with his indomitable spirit, the final of the men’s team event in archery, where they won their third consecutive gold medal, and the bronze medal match in the women’s team event in table tennis, where Shin Yu-bin (Korean Air) was on the front lines, each ranked joint 4th with 13%.
The most disappointing Korean match was the women’s table tennis singles bronze medal match, where Shin Yu-bin lost to Hina Hayata (Japan), with 38% of the votes. The men’s high jump final in track and field, where Woo Sang-hyeok (Yongin City Hall) finished in 7th place, received 29% of the votes.
The MVP of the Korean team at the Paris Olympics was Kim Woo-jin in first place with 37%, while Ahn Se-young and ‘double-crown fencing champion’ Oh Sang-wook (Daejeon Metropolitan City Hall) took second and third place with 30% and 28%, respectively.
In a survey related to the Olympics of all time, Yuna Kim enjoyed the highest popularity.
Kim Yuna received the most support with 42% for being the greatest Olympic hero in South Korean history.
Yuna Kim won a gold medal in women’s singles figure skating at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics and a silver medal at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
Hwang Young-jo, who won the marathon at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, came in second with 33%, and Jang Mi-ran, the gold medalist in weightlifting at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, came in third with 17%.
Meanwhile, 68% of respondents were in favor of Seoul’s plan to host the 2036 Summer Olympics, while 32% were against.
In a survey on investment and weight in elite sports, 33% responded that it should be ‘increased’, 48% responded that it should ‘maintain the current level’, and 19% responded that it should ‘be reduced’.
71% of people supported special military service benefits for male athletes who won medals at the Olympics, while 29% opposed it.
Meanwhile, this survey was conducted by Korea Gallup, which applied weights (cell weights) by gender, age, and region based on the resident registration population announced by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety in July 2024. The sampling error is plus or minus 3.0% at a 95% confidence level.
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2024-08-30 13:39:33